On January 22, 2026, 1inch said Rewardy Wallet added its Swap API, allowing swaps across Ethereum, BNB Chain, Base, Arbitrum and Optimism without holding native gas tokens. Fees can be paid in RWD via EIP-7702, aiming to streamline DeFi activity and cut failures linked to insufficient gas balances.

On 22 January 2026, Vitalik Buterin set out a long‑term vision for online communication and said he will shift more of his activity to decentralized social media in 2026. In a post on X, he noted he already reads and posts via Firefly.social across Lens, Farcaster, and Bluesky, and criticized token‑based social models for rewarding popularity over quality.

X is introducing Starterpacks, an onboarding tool that helps new users follow curated crypto and technology feeds. Unveiled Thursday and previewed by Head of Product Nikita Bier on January 21, 2026, the crypto category will feature memecoin trading with real-time trends and sentiment from active traders. A short video showed users selecting interests and following vetted accounts.

The crypto market structure bill known as the CLARITY Act could be pushed to late February or March as the Senate Banking Committee turns to President Donald Trump’s housing agenda. The White House’s David Sacks urged a compromise on stablecoin yield. Separately, Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman said he will advance the bill on 27 January.

On January 22, Saga paused its Ethereum-compatible SagaEVM chainlet after an unauthorized breach that the team said caused about $7 million in losses. The incident destabilized Saga Dollar to $0.75 and was followed by a 55% drop in TVL within 24 hours, with operations halted for an audit and address blacklisting.

On January 21, 2026, the SagaEVM chain was halted following a security incident that led to roughly $7 million in stolen crypto assets. The attackers moved funds in USDC, yUSD, tBTC, and ETH to the Ethereum address 0x2044…6ecb, prompting emergency measures. Operations on SagaEVM were suspended at block height 6,593,800 while the team works with platforms to restrict the compromised address.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Circle announced a grant to the United Nations’ Digital Hub of Treasury Solutions to enhance digital financial infrastructure for humanitarian payments. The initiative builds on a 2022 pilot with USDC for displaced Ukrainians and aims to make every donor dollar more efficient amid $38 billion in yearly aid still routed through legacy systems.

Chainlink has introduced 24/5 U.S. Equities Streams that bring major stocks and ETFs on-chain for continuous trading and DeFi use cases. The system converts fragmented U.S. equity data into cryptographically signed, sub-second feeds, covering regular, pre-market, post-market, and overnight sessions. Several exchanges and DeFi platforms have already integrated the service to power RWA markets and equity derivatives.